#annie ure

We’d like to draw attention to someone integral to the museums at the University; Dr Annie Ure. 

Annie was the first Curator of the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology and was an expert on Greek and Egyptian Antiquities, and especially interested in Boeotian pottery. Annie and her husband, Percy, set up the Ure Museum. /

In 1911, Annie Dunman Hunt started studying Classics at the University. She was one of the first Classics graduates, but technically she had a London degree (Reading didn’t get its charter until 1926), and so, at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the charter, the University was able to honour Annie’s lifetime of service and scholarship with an honorary doctorate. She died ten days later, after receiving a stream of messages of congratulations and appreciation from scholars all over the world. She had been Honorary (i.e. unpaid) Curator of the Museum for 54 years.[source]

Annie has over 30 published works as an author, with more published as a joint venture with her husband. A list of her published works is available on the Ure Museum Website. 

Thank you, Annie, for everything you did for the Museum and the University.